Affiliation:
1. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Mixed Reality and Advanced Display, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
2. CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, Beijing 100190, China
Abstract
The S-scheme photocatalyst system has become increasingly popular in recent years for its ability to efficiently degrade various pollutants, including organic dyes, pesticides, and other harmful substances. This system uses two semiconductor photocatalysts with different bandgap energies, working together in a redox reaction to produce a highly reactive species capable of pollutant breakdown. Here, an S-scheme Ag2WO4/Ag6Si2O7 p-n heterojunction nanocomposite was successfully developed by a coprecipitation method. By decomposing Rhodamine B (RhB) under visible-light irradiation, the photocatalytic activities of Ag6Si2O7/Ag2WO4 showed enhanced photocatalytic degradation performance of organic dyes, especially at a 4% molar ratio of the Ag2WO4-modified Ag6Si2O7 sample, whose degradation rate was 23.7 and 4.65 times those of Ag2WO4 and Ag6Si2O7, respectively. The physical and chemical properties of the samples were determined by identifying the physical structure, chemical element composition, and optical responsiveness. The optimum composite amongst the prepared materials was AgSW-4, achieving the maximum RhB degradation efficiency of 97.5%, which was higher by 60% and 20% than its counterparts Ag6Si2O7 and Ag2WO4, respectively. These results showed that in the nanocomposite structure, Ag6Si2O7 was a p-type semiconductor and Ag2WO4 was an n-type semiconductor. Based on the analysis data, a comprehensive p-n heterojunction S-scheme process was proposed to demonstrate the enhanced photocatalytic performance of the Ag6Si2O7/Ag2WO4 nanocomposite.
Funder
National Key R&D Program of China
Program for International S&T Cooperation Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China
Beijing Natural Science Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
The National Basic Research Program of China
Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences
Research and Development Project in Key Areas of Guangdong Province
Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province for Guangdong High Level Innovation Research Institute
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemical Engineering
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